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What is Understanding Speech Act Theory about?
Speech act theory proposes that when people communicate, they perform actions like apologizing, promising, ordering, or inviting. There are three types of speech acts: locutionary acts involve the literal meaning of an utterance, illocutionary acts involve the intended meaning/force behind an utterance, and perlocutionary acts involve the consequences or effects of an utterance. Speech act theory was introduced by Austin and Searle and is concerned with how language is used to perform actions in addition to
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- KIM LABRADOR - GALENDEZ
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